Bhardwaj murder case: HC asks AIIMS if accused needs surgery

Delhi High Court today directed AIIMS to inform it whether Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) was required to treat brain tumor of Nitesh Bhardwaj, facing trial for allegedly killing his billionaire father and BSP leader Deepak Bhardwaj.
Justice I S Mehta asked All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Fortis hospital here to inform it by July one on Nitesh's plea seeking a month's interim bail to undergo brain tumor treatment at a hospital of his choice.
Taking note of the accused's contention, the court said the Tihar jail superintendent may take the inmate to AIIMS and Fortis and inform it whether the inmate requires to undergo SRS operation.

"In the meanwhile, his interim bail petition is kept pending," the court added.
The police, however, opposed his plea saying that Nitesh might escape if he gets out on bail.
SRS is a non-surgical radiation therapy used to treat functional abnormalities and small tumors of the brain.

Nitesh, 36, Deepak Bhardwaj's younger son, was arrested in April 2013 for his father's murder at a Delhi farmhouse on March 26, 2013.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader was gunned down by contract killers Sunil Mann alias Sonu and Purushottam Rana alias Monu, at his 35-acre farmhouse in south Delhi.
He was one of the richest candidates in the 2009 Lok Sabha election, having declared assets worth Rs 600 crore.

The six arrested individuals in the case so far are Nitesh, Shehrawat, a lawyer-cum-property dealer, Purshottam Rana alias Monu and Sunil Mann, the two shooters, Amit, driver of the car used by the alleged killers, and Rakesh, the car owner.